License required for meat processors

Any official establishment, slaughtering establishment, meat processing establishment, custom exempt plant, or retail store meat processor, as defined in § 39-5-6 , that is required to be inspected pursuant to §§ 39-5-15 , 39-5-16 , and 39-5-17 in order to operate under this chapter, shall obtain annually from the Animal Industry Board a license in accordance with rules promulgated by the Animal Industry Board pursuant to chapter 1-26 . Any person or entity applying for a license pursuant to this section shall pay a license fee to the Animal Industry Board as follows: (1) The annual license fee for a slaughtering establishment is one hundred dollars; (2) The annual license fee for a meat processing establishment is one hundred dollars; (3) The annual license fee for a custom exempt plant is fifty dollars; (4) The annual license fee for a retail store meat processor is twenty dollars; (5) The annual license fee for any other official establishment required to be licensed under this section is fifty dollars. Source: SL 1991, ch 329 , § 3.